U+13108 "𓄈" Egyptian Hieroglyph F010 Unicode Character

U+13108 "𓄈" Egyptian Hieroglyph F010 is a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically belonging to Gardiner's category F for parts of mammals, where it represents the tongue of a bovine or similar animal depicted in profile. This hieroglyph functions primarily as a determinative in Egyptian texts, clarifying the meaning of words related to the tongue, tasting, or speaking, and it also appears as a phonetic sign for the sound "ns." As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block, this character enables the digital representation and study of classical Egyptian language and culture, preserving a visual symbol that once carried both literal and symbolic significance in inscriptions and papyri.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13108
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph F010
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓄈
HTML Hex Encoding	𓄈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x84 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013108
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd08

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	F-05-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The head and neck of a long-necked horned animal, with a forked end to the neck with a horizontal line over the forked end.
kEH_Func	Classifier throat associated action
kEH_FVal	sꜥm
kEH_UniK	F010
kEH_JSesh	F10
kEH_HG	F10
kEH_IFAO	150,9